However, the German army did not realize that they were about to face a counterattack by a large number of Soviet troops. These young German soldiers captured the Soviet defense fortifications. For most of them, this attack was the first time they had experienced it since joining the army.
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The battle was over, and Claiborne finally turned around with the friendly forces who came after hearing the news.
"It's too bad! We almost made an own goal. I hope my bullets didn't hit your soldiers." Claiborne was actually very unhappy. He thought that the military merit of occupying the Soviet camp was all his, but he encountered friendly forces.
, it’s hard to say how to divide these credits.
Another battalion commander, Schumacher, was in a pretty good mood. He suffered very few casualties during the offensive, and the Soviet position was quickly defeated.
He realized that the success of the attack might be due to the greater contribution of friendly forces, but he did not want to be humble. "Thank God, fortunately, your shooting was not accurate, or maybe my soldiers are better at dodging bullets."
"I think you are better at dodging! My men are all very good at marksmanship." Claiborne didn't say much. After all, we were comrades in the same infantry division.
There is also a competitive relationship between the three main regiments of the 707th Division. Judging from the current situation, Losaheim's regiment suffered unbearable casualties. Such a result was too sudden. However, two infantry battalions discovered the Soviet army in the forest.
Camp and occupied it, this kind of record is enough to compare.
Claiborne did not gossip with his comrades. He ordered his subordinates to immediately carry out casualty statistics and pressed the two wounded prisoners up. He said arrogantly to his colleague Schumacher: "Look at these two Soviets, they are
What we captured in our camp can be regarded as my biggest harvest in this battle. With the confessions of these two people, our army also knows what the enemy is doing today."
Look at him, and then look at himself. Compared with the capture of prisoners, the little supplies captured are really nothing. Schumacher couldn't help but be envious, but he didn't admire him in his heart. There was a knife hidden in his smile: "It's still yours
You are lucky. These Soviets are not easy to catch. They either run away or die in battle. What's more, you also let some enemies escape in this battle. I really don't know if your pursuing troops can annihilate those people."
"Of course my hunters will kill their prey."
Claiborne was very dissatisfied. After all, some enemies did escape. What this guy said was correct. He immediately retorted: "Didn't you get involved? You are also responsible for letting the prey escape. The Soviets are big
The troops were blown to ashes by our artillery fire, and the remaining few should have been eliminated by our joint efforts."
"Hey? Do you think I was slow to reinforce? Didn't we search separately before launching the attack again? If you had contacted our battalion before launching the attack and formulated an attack plan to organize an encirclement, the Soviets could have taken the opportunity to escape? Now you are complaining
we are coming."
Of course Cliburn was not here to quarrel. In any case, this Schumacher was also his colleague, and all future battles would be friendly forces.
He took out a cigarette and put it on the ground, and the two men stopped bickering. The task of cleaning the battlefield was continued, the inventory of the loot was in progress, and the soldiers who knew Russian were also interrogating the two prisoners.
When the statistical results came out, the German army would report the results to their division headquarters. Before that, the two battalion commanders had no choice but to lean against the big tree and smoke, while checking the captured Soviet supplies.
In their opinion, the weapons and equipment of these Soviet troops are very ordinary. It is not surprising that they are also using Mauser rifles, but the bullets used by other Mosin-Nagants are very unique. The bullets have round heads and are surrounded by grooves.
The central part seems to be filled with very soft metal.
Some other grenades have a large number of yellow metal fragments stuck to the warhead. It is self-evident why they are designed in this way.
Strange weapons may provide certain tactical advantages, but after all they are just trivial tricks. Claiborne did not pay too much attention to them and ordered his people to keep an eye on these trophies.
The most important thing for the German army at the moment is to consolidate the positions they just occupied, but who can believe that the Soviet Union's large forces still exist and are actively preparing for a counterattack?
After a while, the results of casualties were tallied one after another.
The soldier in charge of statistics reported the data to Claiborne. To his surprise, his battalion had suffered one-tenth casualties in this battle, and there were fifty Soviet corpses found. These Soviet corpses were all normal soldiers.
Fortunately, it's a pity that many of them are injured.
"Damn it! We fought against a mutilated enemy. Our troops were several times greater than theirs. As a result, I suffered fifty casualties?"
The excited Claiborne grabbed the soldier's collar and almost lifted him up.
"But, this is the result. If the battalion commander doesn't believe it, you can go and check it yourself. Twenty of us were killed and the remaining thirty were injured to varying degrees."
There was no point in lying, and soon the results of Schumacher's casualties came out. Compared to his colleagues, Schumacher's situation was much better. Ten people were killed and 20 injured in this battle.
It is still very close to the German positions, and the wounded can be quickly sent back to the field hospital for treatment.
As far as the result is concerned, Schumacher still accepted the result. He patted his colleague on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't be sad, obviously the Soviets were wiped out more. We only paid the price of thirty people to seize the enemy's
Camp.”
Claiborne still did not show the joy of victory, he waved his hand: "Forget it, our soldiers died here, forget it if they died on the front line, this is Belarus, and we are a force to suppress bandits.
Even though our enemies are very capable, they are still a bunch of gangsters."
Until now, the mentality of most German troops has not changed. The enemies of these infantry divisions responsible for security in the occupied areas are guerrillas and cannot fight against the real regular Soviet army. This makes the proud gentlemen of the Third Reich feel no sense of honor.
Claiborne sighed and said to his colleagues: "Today's wartime is the most complicated we have experienced in a while. Lotharheim's regiment has been fighting these Soviets for a long time, and it finally turned into a terrible battle.
Fighting, I really don’t know what the Soviets are doing. There are still a large number of planes passing by today, and the smoke from the air raids has not cleared away. Now I just hope that the two prisoners of war can honestly explain what they are doing."
"Don't worry, you will know soon. Maybe the Soviets are supplying the guerrillas in the air. Anyway, I heard that in other areas, the Soviet planes did penetrate deeply into our territory and dropped explosives and guns to support the guerrillas.
The team is engaged in sabotage."
Claiborne was shocked: "It is very possible that the Soviets have too many planes. Maybe they are airdropping supplies on a large scale to support these damn guerrillas."
"achtung! These dead Soviets are their 284th Infantry Division, our damn old enemies. Now let's see what kind of information the translator in your battalion can get. I hope the enemy is not supported by air."
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The two hoped that things would develop in a positive direction, that the Soviet fleet was just passing by. Unfortunately, Claiborne finally figured out that as of noon on March 30, the Soviets who had penetrated to the edge of the German position were doing nothing.
, what exactly are you doing?
Claiborne and Schumacher repeatedly questioned the soldier in charge of the interrogation, and the soldier even vouched for his personality, "The Soviets are airdropping large-scale airdrops on our enemies, not only a large amount of weapons, ammunition and food, but also a most elite
The paratrooper brigade. Those two guys even clamored that our army was about to suffer a disaster!"
While marveling, the two battalion commanders were even more unthankful. "What a disaster. How many people they dropped in by air just added a group of toads and a group of prairie dogs to the swamp. Could they still turn the world upside down?"
They are nothing out of the swamp!"
Although Claiborne said this, he could not withstand scrutiny. You must know that this Soviet army defeated many German armies. The presence of this number of troops anywhere is not a fuel-saving lamp.
To make matters worse, both Claiborne and Schumacher misinterpreted the meaning of the prisoner's last words. The so-called catastrophe was not the 707th Division, but their two infantry regiments. The furious Soviet army had begun a large-scale roundabout operation.